Passage
And its gates shall not be shut at all by day, for night shall not be there.
Revelation 21:25 (DBY)
Nearby Context
Revelation 21:23 And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.
Revelation 21:24 And the nations shall walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory to it.
Revelation 21:25 And its gates shall not be shut at all by day, for night shall not be there.
Revelation 21:26 And they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations to it.
Revelation 21:27 And nothing common, nor that maketh an abomination and a lie, shall at all enter into it; but those only who [are] written in the book of life of the Lamb.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "gates", "shall", "shut", and "night". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gates" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And the nations shall walk by its..." into verse 26's "And they shall bring the glory and...", so "gates" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "gates" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.